 Awards
2007
Build New Hampshire Award
Winners
A large audience was on hand for the AGC of
NH Awards Banquet, which took place on the evening of May 24 at Fratello’s Ristorante Italiano in Manchester. The event was held to
recognize companies and individuals within the construction industry
that have achieved excellence and adhered to high standards.
The program began with the presentation of an
oak-cased mantle clock to Brian Fowler, in recognition of his 15 years
of service on the New Hampshire Wetlands Council (previously the
Wetlands Board). Mr. Fowler has decided to retire and the Association
wished to honor his many years of service representing the construction
industry on the Wetlands Council.
Receiving the 2007 New Hampshire Construction
Industry Ethics Award was Tom Palazzi, president of Palazzi Corp.,
Hooksett. Mr. Palazzi, 90, was honored as "the individual … (who)
through words and deeds, best demonstrates a commitment to upholding the
highest ethical standards in construction." Entering the construction
industry in Connecticut at the age of 13, Mr. Palazzi embarked on a
77-year (and counting) career, which saw his company expand into a
multi-state operation that was involved in major highway work, including
significant construction involved with the Interstate Highway System.
The Ethic Award includes a $1,000 donation to the charity of the
recipient’s choice, and Mr. Palazzi designated Concord Hospital to
receive the funds. Presenting the award was David Woods of Deering,
publisher of Construction Break newsletter.
The next awards presented were the National AGC
Safety Awards (NASA), which are given to firms with outstanding safety
records. The two companies receiving the awards this year were Pike
Industries, headquartered in Belmont, and Baybutt Construction of Keene.
Both firms received awards for achieving "Zero Incident Rates."
The two final awards of the evening were the New
Hampshire Build Awards, one presented for excellence in highway/bridge
construction, and the other for excellence in building construction. In
the first category, the award was given to Beck & Bellucci Inc., of
Franklin, for its work in replacing the Hannah Dustin Bridge, which
spans the Merrimack River adjacent to Boscawen and Canterbury. The
project consisted of the replacement of a 590-foot span. To handle local
traffic during construction, a 600-foot temporary bridge was erected.
Also, a work trestle capable of handling 300-ton loads was built.
Despite these and numerous other challenges, the new structure was
completed on schedule and within budget.
In the "Building" category, Harvey Construction,
Bedford, received the Build Award for its work in constructing the new
air traffic control tower at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. The
160-foot high structure presented many logistical and site-specific
challenges, due to its "island-like site," surrounded by runways,
roadways, a parking garage, airport businesses, and heavy traffic
entering and exiting the airport.
The $7.7 million project includes, in addition to the
tower itself, a 5,550-square-foot base building, and a 1,470-square-foot
engine generator building. Additionally, the FAA required adherence to a
firm schedule, which included a 12-month rehearsal and commissioning
after the equipment was installed and prior to the facility engaging
live traffic. Harvey Construction met and exceeded the client’s
expectations without incurring any recordable injuries.
See press releases for more information and photos of the winners.
2005
Build New Hampshire Award Winners
Photos
of the Winning Projects
MacMillin
and R.M. Piper Win Build New
Hampshire
Awards
BOW
, NH- Two New Hampshire
construction firms were award Build New Hampshire Awards on May 5th
at the Associated General Contractors of New Hampshire Awards Dinner
Meeting. R.M. Piper of
Plymouth
was awarded the Associated
General Contractors’ Build New Hampshire Award in the Highway/Bridge
category for the first Rapid Bridge Construction project in the State to
incorporate the use of high performance concrete.
The MacMillin Company of Keene was awarded the Associated General
Contractors’ Build New Hampshire Award in the building category for an
the
AMC
Highland Center, an
environmentally “green” project in Crawford Notch.
Each project presented its own challenges.
For the
AMC Highland
Center, the MacMillin Company worked
amidst the weather in
Northern New Hampshire.
In addition, this project tested the ability to construct an
environmentally friendly building, while maintaining the historic
features of the previous structure that once stood on the site. The Highland
Center
incorporated the recycle and
reuse of the building and construction materials still standing from the
original Crawford House structure. Not
only did it use salvaged materials from an old pier in Portland,
Oregon, the building’s dining room has a Timber Frame structure, eliminating
the need for pressure treated wood and putting recycled products to good
use.
R.M. Piper completed the challenging task of building the Mill
Street
Bridge
over the Lamprey
River
in only eight days.
The 115-foot bridge was built using this unique building method,
positively reducing the negative impacts of long construction durations,
a turning point for the State’s construction industry.
This
project was high profile and warranted nation-wide news coverage.
In addition, it was highlighted on NHDOT’s website, which
allowed all interested parties to obtain a daily update of the
project’s progress. A
stationary on-site camera captured images every 10 minutes, allowing
full disclosure of the progress.
The Build New Hampshire Award is given every other year to only two
contractors in New Hampshire.
The Associated General Contractors of New Hampshire’s Awards Committee bases
their decisions on project merit, safety and environmental challenges,
innovation of construction techniques and materials, community
involvement and benefits of the project.
Read more
MacMillin
Press Release | R.M.
Piper Press Release
2003 Build New Hampshire
Award Winners
Photos
of the Winning Projects
At a gala
awards banquet at the Bedford Village Inn on May 22nd the AGC
of New Hampshire announced the winners of the 2003 AGC Build NH Awards.
Out of many deserving entries, only one project could be selected in
each category. Two very prominent
New Hampshire
construction projects were selected to receive the distinction of the AGC
Build New Hampshire Award. Each
demonstrated uniqueness, innovation of construction techniques and
materials, the ability to balance the requirements of the owner and
client needs, environmental concerns, while at the same time considering
time, budget and safety.
The AGC Build New Hampshire Awards are awarded every other year to two
construction firms - one specializing in highway or bridge construction,
and one specializing in building construction - who's recently completed
projects exemplify the commitment and pride that is indicative of New
Hampshire.
And the winners are...
Highway/Bridge Category: H.E. Sargent, Inc. of Stillwater, ME,
for its construction of the
Western Interchange of the Hillsborough Bypass in
Hillsborough
,
NH
. This project represented phase three of the bypass project.
The largest and most complex of the four phases, this project
encompassed every imaginable aspect of highway and utility construction.
The construction team faced many challenges, including environmental
concerns, tough site conditions, local and commuter traffic congestion,
unusually extreme weather conditions, and public relations concerns.
Yet this phase of the project was the first to be substantially
completed, and the team pulled it all together on time and within
budget.
Building Category: Gilbane Building Company, of
Nashua
,
NH
, for its Verizon Wireless Arena, in
Manchester
,
NH
. The primary challenge to
the construction team of the 256,000 square foot Verizon Wireless Arena
was its hyper-track schedule. The
team was successful at completing a complex project that would typically
have taken at least 20 months or more, in 520 days (approximately 17
months) without sacrificing the quality of the finished product.
In
addition to the project's tight schedule, the construction team also
faced cost constraints, but with painstaking attention to specific costs
and several design modifications, the construction and design team
worked together to bring the project in under budget without sacrificing
the building's signature architectural features - the elliptical arena,
the dramatic curtainwall enveloped lobby, and the wave-shaped roof.
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